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Previous issue: July 2011

2012 Games of the Year
(from the December 2011 issue)

August 2012 issue
(on sale May 29)

Features

Sherlock Holmes:
Call Our Bluff, Part Two
Which of these stories about the famous detective are real, and which ones did we make up?
Alan Lance Andersen and
Rebecca Ann Edwards

So You Think You Know the Rules of Baseball?
This multiple-choice quiz covers some of our national pastime’s finer points.
R. Wayne Schmittberger

Inferior Decorator
Are the rich above the laws of physics, logic, and perspective?
Greg Scott

J: The Misere Connection Game
Some connections win, other connections lose, in this game played on half a checkerboard.
Rich Hutnik

Lost in the Hypercube
A maze in four dimensions.
R. Wayne Schmittberger


Contest

Now’s the Time
Fill in the blanks to complete the missing words, once you figure out the pattern.

GameViews

Computer v. Cruciverbalists
The world’s best crossword puzzle-solving software is bested…for now.
Thomas L. McDonald

Inside the Box
News from the world of electronic gaming.
Thomas L. McDonald

Electronic Game Reviews
Dear Esther
Draw Something
The Darkness II
Edited by Thomas L. McDonald

Traditional Game Reviews
Repello
Mundus Novus
Last Will
Hawaii
Poseidon’s Kingdom
Bits
Edited by John J. McCallion

Puzzle Round-Up
Interlock, Perilous Pipes, and Funny Farm. Robin H, King

State of Play: A Gaming Blog

GAME OF THE YEAR
AND OTHER AWARDS